''Frock Me'' is a British fashion and music television series hosted by fashion icon
Alexa Chung
Alexa Chung (born 5 November 1983) is an English model and television personality. Chung pursued a modelling career as a teenager after being scouted by a modelling agency at the Reading Festival. She has walked for brands such as Vivienne Westw ...
, designer
Henry Holland and style scout
Gemma Cairney
Gemma Cairney (born 19 March 1985) is an English television and radio presenter best known for her work on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 6 Music. She most recently presented ''The Leisure Society'' on BBC Radio 6 Music where she interviewed cultural ...
. The show has a fast-paced magazine format exploring the relationship between and influences of music and fashion on each other; featuring big-name designers, celebrity guests and bands. It was first broadcast within Channel 4's teen zone
T4 from October 2008 as a seven-part studio series. A second location-based series of six episodes aired on
T4 and late-night
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...
in April/May 2010.
Each episode of the show was themed around a current youth and fashion trend, and explored the music and fashion connections and influences behind each trend. The guests, features and bands in each show related to this theme.
The funding for the second series of the show was provided by UK clothing retailer
TK Maxx
TK Maxx is a discount clothing and homewares retailer, founded in 1994. It is currently based in Watford, England.
It is owned by American retailer TJ Maxx, who could not trade under the initials "TJ" in the United Kingdom due to the British d ...
.
List of Episodes
Series One Themes (Autumn/Winter 2008)
# Rock & Roll Jeans
# Logos Slogans and Labels
# Club Chic
# Gothic Horror
# Vintage
# Sportswear
# Anti-Fashion
Series Two Themes (Spring/Summer 2010)
# Military
# Underwear as Outerwear
# Prints
# Americana
# Romance
# Festival Fashion
References
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2008 British television series debuts
2010 British television series endings
2000s British reality television series
2010s British reality television series
Channel 4 original programming
British English-language television shows
2000s British music television series
2010s British music television series